Man, 1518, 1679 birthplace of, 1654, 1682 brain of, 1689 cranium of, 1692 definition of, 1679 facial angle of, 1692-94 first appearance of, 1647-56 hand of, 1691 migration of, 1680-86 primitive, 1656-67 senses of, 1690-92 Manchineel, the, 1164-65 Mandioc, 1164 Manioc, 945 Mankind, distribution of, 1667-68 ethnological division of, 1669-71 races of, 1667-78, 1682, 1685-89 Marco Polo, 986 Mare’s tails. See _Equisetaceæ_ Mariotte, 804 Marmosets, 1555 Marmots, 1615 Mars, 131, 312, 313, 331, 340, 385-96 atmosphere of, 393-94 canals on, 388-91 climate of, 394 diameter of, 385 “Eye of,” 388 Hour Glass Sea, 392 lakes of, 388 moons of, 395 rotation of, 386 seasons of, 386 spectrum of, 392 Marshes, 628-34 Marsupialia, 1534-35, 1536 Marsupials, 1539, 1558 Martins, Ch., 814-16 Martius, 899-902, 921, 1165 Martius’s region, 941 Maskelyne, 426 Mastodon, the, 492-93, 1533 Ma-tuan-lin, annals of (Chinese), 221, 222, 226 Mauna Loa, 557 Maury, 301, 730, 840, 842, 1266 Maxwell, Clerk, 419 Mayflies, 1415-16 Medusa, Head of, 85 Medusæ, the, 962. See _Jelly-fish_ Megalichthys, 470, 474 Megalonyx, 1533 Megatherium, 1533 Melocactus, 1182, 1187 Mercury, 130-31, 311, 326, 331, 348, 353-58 atmosphere of, 354 diameter of, 354 elongations of, 354 orbit of, 353-54 phases of, 354-55 revolution of, 353-54 and Venus, 355 Mer de Glace, 512-13 Mesozoic, flora, 871-77 Ocean, 672-74 Messier, 35, 130, 426 the “Comet Ferret,” 426 Messophyll, 864 Metamorphosis of insects, 1461 Metazoa, 1299 Meteorology, science of, 786, 788, 791, 991 Meteors, 266-82 Mexican hand-tree, 950 Mexico, agriculture in, 1094 Meyer, Hans, 1598 Miasma, 634 Michaux’s region, 940 Microspores, 961-62 Mildew, 1200 Milk-tree, 1167, 1170 Milky Way, the, 27-28, 50, 60, 70, 76, 85, 128, 129, 133-46 Miller, Prof., 806 Millet, 945 Milne-Edwards, 757 Mimicry, 1593-1601 in fungi, 1197 in plants, 1070, 1099-1114 Mimosa form, 950 Miocene, 1647, 1649 animals of, 1532, 1535 Tertiary, 491-93 Mira Ceti, 99, 128, 194, 210 Mirage, 638-39, 661, 947 Mirfak, 134 Mississippi, the, 624, 626 Mistral, 831 Mitchell Miss, 286 Mitchell, Sir Thomas, 927 Mizar, 81, 126, 127, 196-97 Moa, 1561 Moffette, 518 Moggridge, 1612 Mohl, 1052, 1060 Mohn, 792 Mollusca, 470, 481, 1302, 1320, 1602 Mollusks, 459, 460 Monera, 1305 Mongolians, 1673-74 Monkeys, 1529-31, 1555 fossil, 1529 Monocotyledons, 862 Monsoons, 836-41, 849-50 Montanari, 68 Mont Blanc, 512 Moon, the, 376-85 brightness of the, 384-85 diameter of the, 35 geography of the, 378-85 influence upon the earth, 720 Maria of the, 379-81 mountains of the, 382-84 Moons. See _Satellites_